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1 hr ago | The Reporter-Times

Unemployment rates confusing

Account info Subscribe/renew web access Activate web account Print subscription info R-T mobile Submit news, letters, photos R-T carrier Under $3,000 $3-6,000 $6-12,000 $12-18,000 $18-25,000 $25-35,000 Over $35,000 New vehicles There is a parody going around on the internet of the famous Abbott and Costello routine "Who's on first?" This one ... (more)

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Related Topix: Bud Abbott, Opinion

Sat Feb 11, 2012

Pacific Sun

Abbot and Costello explain Obama's improving unemployment numbers.

State, National, International , posted by Bye, Bye barry in 2012, a resident of the San Anselmo neighborhood, 2 hours ago For those having trouble understanding how the "divider-in-chief" can state that the unemployment number is improving while 1,200,000 fellow Americans became so discouraged that they quit looking for work in January Abbott and ... (more)

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

American Reporter

Market MoverOH, No! Conan O'Brien is Back

BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 8, 2010 -- On his official "Team Coco" Web site, the late-night-tv return of Conan O'Brien is summed up with this note: If you've missed ANY of the awesome CONAN promos that have been on tv in the run up to our new show on Monday? WE'VE GOT EM ALL! The problem is that the surefire clue that a "comedian" is either trying too ... (more)

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Related Topix: Conan, Entertainment, Drama, Television, The Tonight Show, Boca Raton, FL, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Comedy

Wed Feb 08, 2012

All About Jazz

IsWhat?!: Not to be Defined...

Improvisation is so much a part of what we do. To mix it up with the scratch artists and the DJs is as complex a form of improvisation as is playing with other instruments.

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Related Topix: Thelonious Monk, Jazz, Roland Kirk, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Bud Abbott

The Oregonian

Things to do in Sandy

Old-Time Radio Show: In the age of iPads, iPods, and MP3Players, radio barely can compete as a 21st Century entertainment medium.

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Related Topix: Sandy, OR, Recreational Vehicle, Award, Bud Abbott, Theater, Arts, Portland, OR

Mon Feb 06, 2012

American Reporter

Market MoverOH, No! Conan O'Brien is Back

BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 8, 2010 -- On his official "Team Coco" Web site, the late-night-tv return of Conan O'Brien is summed up with this note: If you've missed ANY of the awesome CONAN promos that have been on tv in the run up to our new show on Monday? WE'VE GOT EM ALL! The problem is that the surefire clue that a "comedian" is either trying too ... (more)

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Related Topix: Conan, Entertainment, Drama, Television, The Tonight Show, Boca Raton, FL, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Comedy

Pravda

Saudi Arabia in charge of US Policy: Israel cheerleads, Saudi's finance & Cold War lives

"The Hanbali school, known for following the most Orthodox form of Islam, is embraced in Saudi Arabia and by the Taliban.." Council of Foreign Relations--Islam: Governing Under Sharia, 24 October 2011.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Charitable Organizations, Human Rights Watch, Opinion

Sat Feb 04, 2012

Free Republic

Abbott and Costello on Unemployment [Funny read]

ABBOTT: No, you can't count the "Out of Work" as the unemployed. You have to look for work to be unemployed.

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Related Topix: Bud Abbott

Thu Feb 02, 2012

Sandy Springs Neighbor

Column: Big bank buyoff

News flash: The five largest U.S. mortgage lenders have agreed to a $25 billion settlement over foreclosure practices.

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Related Topix: Foreclosures, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

American Reporter

Market MoverOH, No! Conan O'Brien is Back

BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 8, 2010 -- On his official "Team Coco" Web site, the late-night-tv return of Conan O'Brien is summed up with this note: If you've missed ANY of the awesome CONAN promos that have been on tv in the run up to our new show on Monday? WE'VE GOT EM ALL! The problem is that the surefire clue that a "comedian" is either trying too ... (more)

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Related Topix: Conan, Entertainment, Drama, Television, The Tonight Show, Boca Raton, FL, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Comedy

Wed Feb 01, 2012

The Wave

'American Buffalo' roams dark corners in Fullerton

Is pride the universal emotion, that fallible sense of self-worth common to all mankind, even when that sense is entirely unwarranted? And for all those puffed up on pride, is futility all they can expect? That's what David Mamet seemed to be asking with "American Buffalo." One of his best-known early dramas, "Buffalo" won the New York Drama ... (more)

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Related Topix: Fullerton, CA, Bud Abbott, Entertainment

Tue Jan 31, 2012

The Guardian

Dogma by Lars Iyer

Following on from Lars Iyer's debut Spurious , Dogma presents the further adventures of comic philosophers Lars and W, the Abbott and Costello of arcane thought, as they undertake a woefully under-attended lecture tour of the southern US.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012

Free Republic

Abbott And Costello Meet Barack Obama

Even a blind squirrel finds the occassional nut and Barry Levinson's Parody of Abbott and Costello in the liberal Huffington Post not only brings back fond memories of the "Who's On First" routine popularized by the comic duo, it explains the Obama economy in terms that everyone can understand: Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those ... (more)

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Examiner.com

Bringing new life into journalism

Denver: The five "W's "and the one "H" for the journalist is the bread and butter to my peers and editors at examiner.com. Lately with an article rating system the back to basics approach has helped me to correct something that I feel reporters in ministry fail to do.

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Related Topix: Journalism, The w's, Pop/Rock, Black Entertainment, Earth, Wind & Fire, R-N-B

Redditch Advertiser

Memories flood back during 1940s nostalgia day at care home

The event paying tribute to an era which shaped the nation was a chance to reminisce and swop stories of the real-life Dad's Army days for residents, including several who did crucial work during the Second World War.

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Related Topix: Bud Abbott, Jazz, The Andrews Sisters

Sat Jan 28, 2012

American Reporter

Market MoverOH, No! Conan O'Brien is Back

BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 8, 2010 -- On his official "Team Coco" Web site, the late-night-tv return of Conan O'Brien is summed up with this note: If you've missed ANY of the awesome CONAN promos that have been on tv in the run up to our new show on Monday? WE'VE GOT EM ALL! The problem is that the surefire clue that a "comedian" is either trying too ... (more)

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Related Topix: Conan, Entertainment, Drama, Television, The Tonight Show, Boca Raton, FL, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Comedy

Fri Jan 27, 2012

Back Stage

Street and Subway Performers Make Something Out of Nothing

Playing Gloucester in "King Lear," Fred Jones bellows, "I shall see winged vengeance overtake such children." Paul Marino as Cornwall responds in a towering rage, "See't shalt thou never.

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Related Topix: Cornwall, NY, Manhattan, NY, New York, NY, Brooklyn, NY, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Travel, United Kingdom Travel, London, United Kingdom Travel

Thu Jan 26, 2012

DVD Times

Buck Privates Universal 100th AE in April

Universal Pictures have announced the US Blu-ray + DVD Combo release of Buck Privates on 17th April 2012.

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Related Topix: Universal Pictures, Media, Bud Abbott

Wed Jan 25, 2012

American Reporter

Market MoverOH, No! Conan O'Brien is Back

BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 8, 2010 -- On his official "Team Coco" Web site, the late-night-tv return of Conan O'Brien is summed up with this note: If you've missed ANY of the awesome CONAN promos that have been on tv in the run up to our new show on Monday? WE'VE GOT EM ALL! The problem is that the surefire clue that a "comedian" is either trying too ... (more)

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Related Topix: Conan, Entertainment, Drama, Television, The Tonight Show, Boca Raton, FL, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Comedy

Mon Jan 23, 2012

Creative Loafing

Universal celebration gets off the ground with To Kill a Mockingbird

Forget James Bond and Indiana Jones: When the American Film Institute offered its picks of the top movie heroes in its 100 Greatest Heroes and Villains special in 2003, it was Atticus Finch, the soft-spoken protagonist of To Kill a Mockingbird , who emerged at the top of the list.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, To Kill a Mockingbird, Pop/Rock, Harper Lee, Gregory Peck, Celebrities, Recreational Vehicle, Award

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